Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efa2114a171696b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

154.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:53:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: adab4a7f411a536a91eccdfdb06af253 SHA-1: 9e5053e14ca9683552e9c658502a46fe77d583ec SHA-256: efa2114a171696b6194f1109d400a90a72a67cc2f421983326e856c5d0a49dd8
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure users to potentially malicious or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8292

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmr0gh76k963klm6gmsgi5be6f/daxozukuwumegorojor.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/tukudidabatewizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://q-web.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8knkuuvuovia0mptil2k9j96cl/32846838514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhodgereunion.com/clients/3/38/38e1f81cb1ac74d12d86c8ba87866b9f/File/77960080441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-onesrl.com/userfiles/files/16458253188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa190eb81b6---10933519046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4948a31ec4---74809463422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/jilujusulotulijifupade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c24a573d2---beponukukaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/13216908571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/26315182700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/xufepexugibiwibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc37fe7ba3---41528646324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94641e86b0e8c0e6de0f771da0437beb/77716306929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dptour.net/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/11073669915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/finujowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc0a2b66bd---laxipilebise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ea7d02e44---8757382856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/32497521072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slovbau.sk/test/userfiles/file/26169791583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f52f9aa719---lajuwejonal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d656b9c12---16984019176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082943a9f599---jelibiwijapejuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/lonurugato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=computer+organization+and+architecture+william+stallings+8th+editionPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00021cdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21CDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000234f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x234F4 11448 bytes
SHA-256: ca01c4529aebe52c5a8d2a9d9600402e9632bce870215b7e695575355cde7588